Muqtada Sadr

Muqtada Sadr

Alaa Al-Marjani / Associated Press

Muqtada Sadr, in a statement on his website late Saturday, said that "to ensure the completion of Iraq independence and the withdrawal of the invading troops from our holy lands, it becomes obligatory upon me to cease the military operations of the honorable Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the invading troops is completed."

Muqtada Sadr, in a statement on his website late Saturday, said that "to ensure the completion of Iraq independence and the withdrawal of the invading troops from our holy lands, it becomes obligatory upon me to cease the military operations of the honorable Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the invading troops is completed." (Alaa Al-Marjani / Associated Press)

Muqtada Sadr, in a statement on his website late Saturday, said that "to ensure the completion of Iraq independence and the withdrawal of the invading troops from our holy lands, it becomes obligatory upon me to cease the military operations of the honorable Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the invading troops is completed."